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Permanent summer time in Sweden? EU votes to scrap seasonal time changes

The clocks will go forward on March 31st. But in the future, that may not be the case. Photo: Marcus Ericsson/TT

European lawmakers have voted to end the traditional changing of the clocks in spring and autumn from 2021. But will Sweden choose to stay on permanent summer or winter time?

Members of the European Parliament on Tuesday voted 410 to 192 in favour of ending the practice of changing the clocks forward in spring and back in autumn from 2021.

However they said it should be up to each individual member state to decide whether to stick to summer time or winter time in the future.

According to the legislation passed by parliament the EU member states that decide to stay on summer time will put their clocks forward for a final time in spring 2021 – or conversely, those countries that prefer winter time will put their clocks back for the final time in autumn 2021.

The bill is now the official position of the EU parliament, but it will be up to the European Council to make a final decision.

The council – which is made up by the leaders of each member state – will have to vote unanimously for the change, but may be swayed by the fact that the move would be popular among Europeans.

In a Europe-wide survey last year some 80 percent of Europeans voted in favour of stopping the clock changes, with most people appearing to prefer to stay on summer time rather than winter time.

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